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Tag Archives: Shenandoah Valley
The Appomattox (or Shenandoah) Parole Passes and Confederate Cavalry After Appomattox
Following the combat at Appomattox Court House on the morning of April 9, Robert E. Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia prepared to surrender. Lee and Union Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant met in the parlor of Wilmer McLean’s … Continue reading
ECW Weekender: Massanutten Mountain Storybook Trail
If you blink, you’ll miss the turn-off and the sign for “Chrisman Hollow Road” at the very top of New Market Gap in Massanutten Mountain in the Virginian Shenandoah Valley. But if you make the turn to the north and … Continue reading
Making a Modern Map of the Valley
Once after presenting a program in which I used my own maps to illustrate troop movements, an attendee remarked how impressive it was that I hand drew all the mountains. I think he was disappointed upon learning clarification that the … Continue reading
“By His Aid was that Flag Preserved”: The Shenandoah Valley’s African Americans’ Support for the Union War Effort
ECW is pleased to welcome back our friend Jonathan A. Noyalas, director of the McCormick Civil War Institute at Shenandoah University. This article is adapted from portions of Noyalas’ recently released Slavery and Freedom in the Shenandoah Valley during the … Continue reading
Posted in Civilian, Slavery, USCT
Tagged 11th Pennsylvania Infantry, 13th Pennsylvania Infantry, 2nd Massachusetts Infantry, African Americans, Darkesville, emancipation, George Crook, Henry K. Young, Henry Pancake, John Mosby, Jonathan Noyalas, Joseph Kershaw, Jubal Early, Kabletown, McCormick Civil War Institute, Mosby's Guerills, Nathaniel P. Banks, Phill Sheridan, Rebecca Wright, Richard Blazer, Robert Gould Shaw, Shenandoah University, Shenandoah Valley, Slavery and Freedom in the Shenandoah Valley during the Civil War Era, Thomas Coles, Thomas Laws, United States Colored Troops, W.U. Saunders, Wilfred Cutshaw
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On The Eve of War: New Market, Virginia
The following excerpts are from Call Out The Cadets: The Battle of New Market (Emerging Civil War Series and take a look at a small crossroads village in the Shenandoah Valley before some of the local men volunteered to fight, … Continue reading
Posted in 160th Anniversary
Tagged 160th Anniversary, 1861, Call Out The Cadets, New Market, on-the-eve-of-war, Shenandoah Valley
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Question of the Week: 10/19-10/25/20
It’s the anniversary of the Battle of Cedar Creek, so let’s give the Shenandoah Valley a little highlight… Which Shenandoah Valley battle (any Civil War year) do you think was the most important? Why?
Free ECW Podcast: Union Veterans & The Post-War Shenandoah Valley
How did northern Civil War veterans impact the Shenandoah Valley AFTER the war? ECW’s Chris Mackowski talks with Jonathan Noyalas, Jay Richardson, and Nikki Roland of Shenandoah University about their surprising research. Listen to the free podcast here!
“Here is war, real war.”
On December 13, 1861, John H. Worsham, Co. F. of the 21st Virginia, saw one of his most startling examples of the impact of the Civil War on civilians. The regiment was marching down the Shenandoah Valley to join Stonewall … Continue reading
Posted in Civilian, Primary Sources
Tagged civilians, John Worsham, Shenandoah Valley, Women's History Month 2020
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Maine at War: January 2020
Here’s what our friend Brian Swartz was up to in January at his blog, Maine at War: January 1, 2020: Help erect the first Maine monument in the Shenandoah Valley. The Shenandoah Valley Battlefields Foundation is raising funds to erect … Continue reading
ECW Weekender: Virginia Museum of the Civil War
Thinking of making a trip in the autumn season to see the fall colors in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley? Consider add a stop at the Virginia Museum of the Civil War in New Market. Located on a key portion of New … Continue reading
Posted in ECW Weekender
Tagged ECW Weekender, New Market, Shenandoah Valley, Virginia Museum of the Civil War, Weekender
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